Introduction
Using Google is an everyday task and many people are now using Google for business or pleasure. Google has become the first research step in business or in the home. Numerous people in business or in the home rely on Google to find basic and detailed information.
Using Google has become a daily task in business and at home. A business or organization may utilize Google to research a client, vendor or search for a potential employee. Someone in the home environment may turn to Google to navigate a destination, look up a recipe or search for a job. The number of people using Google on a daily basis is rising quickly. The term “Google It” has become part of our everyday language.
Who Uses Google?
The chances are that most people have used the Google search engine to access information from the World Wide Web. The question is - Did you find what you were looking for? Did you find more than you needed? Did you find not enough? Did you retrieve many hits that are irrelevant? If you have used Google before you know your results may vary from search to search depending on what words you type and also how the words are entered into the search string.
The Web search engines are not very "intelligent"; they do not understand the context of your search or the nuances of human language and thought. Computers don't think, they're literal -- they simply process commands -- therefore, the intelligence must come from you (Bryan Sinclair, Public Services Librarian ~ UNCA, July 2005).
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